to paraphrase the old Tonto and Lone ranger joke, "What do you mean we, conservative?" What makes you think the "compasionate conservatism" typified by King George II has anything at all to do with true conservative values. Once the republicans got into power they showed that at heart they weren't any different from liberal democrats - both groups dispensing largesse from the taxpayers pockets with both hands.
Point. The GOP from 2001 on has been far more flamingly liberal than the Democrat party could have ever hoped to be. All we have to show for our efforts is a Democrat party that wants to out-liberal the GOP.
I never liked the term "compassionate conservatism." Conservatism needs no "modifiers." It is in itself compassionate.